time bomb

noun

1. 定时炸弹
   a bomb that can be set to explode at a particular time
2. 潜在危险；隐患
   a situation that is likely to cause serious problems in the future
   1. Rising unemployment is a political time bomb for the government.
      日益严重的失业问题对政府来说是一枚政治上的定时炸弹。

1. 定时炸弹
   A time bomb is a bomb with a mechanism that causes it to explode at a particular time.
2. N-COUNT 潜在的严重问题
   If you describe something as a time bomb, you mean that it is likely to have a serious effect on a person or situation at a later date, especially if you think it will cause a lot of damage.
   1. This proposal is a political time bomb that could cost the government the next election...
      这个议案是政坛的一颗定时炸弹，足以使现任政府输掉下次竞选。
   2. Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialised world.
      失业问题在工业化国家日益严重，演化成了社会上的一颗定时炸弹。

1. This proposal is a political time bomb that could cost the government the next election
   这个议案是政坛的一颗定时炸弹，足以使现任政府输掉下次竞选。
2. Unemployment is building up into a social time bomb across the industrialised world.
   失业问题在工业化国家日益严重，演化成了社会上的一颗定时炸弹。
3. The ticking time bomb mentioned earlier ( for the case when a JAR is moved to a new environment which cannot satisfy all its dependencies) is dealt with by effectively removing the fuse.
   前面提到过的滴答作响的定时炸弹（针对一个JAR被移动到一个不能满足其所有依赖项要求的新环境的情况）被通过移除保险丝而拆除。
4. MARGARET CHAN: Call it what you may, a time bomb or a powder keg.
   陈冯富珍：你可以称之为时间炸弹或火药桶。
5. These kids are like a ticking time bomb.
   那些孩子就像绑了定时炸弹似的。
6. Stranding us on a road with one-way traffic, the city of Colombo has been turned into one big time bomb.
   我们被困在不许转向的单行道上，科伦坡也变成了一个巨大的定时炸弹。
7. A time bomb explode twenty minute after the plane take off.
   飞机起飞后二十分钟一枚定时炸弹爆炸了。
8. When they detonated their time bomb, GABP was disrupted, and the fibroblasts'ability to divide was dramatically reduced.
   当时间炸弹引爆时，GABP的作用即被破坏，纤维母细胞向其他细胞分化的能力显著下降。
9. The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb.
   狱长们正坐在定时炸弹上。
10. Cocoa and Objective-C are Apple's biggest strength, you say, not a ticking technology time bomb!
    你们说：Cocoa和Objective-C是苹果最叼的东西，才不是定时炸弹！
11. The young man was a walking time bomb.
    这个年轻人是一个活动定时炸弹。
12. Doctors in Britain are warning of an obesity time bomb, when children who are already overweight grow up.
    英国的医生在警告说，当现在已经超重的孩子们长大成人时，有一定时炸弹&肥胖症。
13. The time bomb ticked away quietly.
    定时炸弹静静地发出滴答声。
14. The first of these is the time bomb.
    第一个技能就是时间炸弹。
15. And we are sitting on a time bomb with ageing populations and too many people out of work.
    同时，我们目前正坐在一颗定时炸弹上人口老龄化，以及失业人口过多。
16. The criminal has admitted to putting the time bomb inside the railway station.
    罪犯已供认是他把定时炸弹安放在火车站里的。
17. The police defused a time bomb in the building.
    警察在那幢大楼里拆除了一枚定时炸弹。
18. With the Time Bomb, you can be a comfortable distance away before that fatal explosion!
    有了“定时炸弹”，你就能在那个致命的爆炸之前躲到足够安全的距离之外了！
19. Once inhaled, beryllium is like a time bomb in the body.
    一旦人体吸入这些物质，铍就象在身体里的定时炸弹。
20. There is a ticking time bomb under the dollar.
    美元底下藏着一颗滴答作响的定时炸弹。
21. A heart that size, he was a walking time bomb.
    有那种大小的心脏，他就像是个不定时炸弹。
22. A time bomb blew up in a bus. The police blocked up the street and boldly rescued the passengers aboard who were bleeding.
    一颗定时炸弹在公共汽车上爆炸，警察封锁了街道，勇敢地抢救车上正在流血的乘客。
23. The issue is a political time bomb waiting to explode.
    该问题是个尚未爆炸的政治定时炸弹。
24. Even though they know they may be sitting on a time bomb.
    虽然他们知道就好像坐在计时炸弹上。
25. This challenge is compounded by the population time bomb.
    这种挑战和人口这颗定时炸弹结合到一起了。
26. Latvia, for example, is a ticking time bomb.
    例如，拉脱维亚就是一枚定时炸弹。
27. Such a shortsighted policy is a time bomb that will one day explode in araeriea's face.
    这样一种短视的政策无异是颗定时炸弹，总有一天会在美国面前爆炸。
28. In addition to her Time Bomb ability, the Mothership also has a special attack that she can employ against ground targets.
    除了“子弹时间力场”外，“母舰”还拥有一个特殊的攻击地面目标的能力。
29. But computer viruses can also be triggered at a specific time ( time bomb).
    但是，计算机病毒还有可能在特定的时间发作（定时炸弹）。

noun

1. a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time

   Synonym:    infernal machine

2. a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
   1. India is a demographic time bomb
   2. the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off

   Synonym:    ticking bomb